Rooster Teeth And WarnerMedia Access Establish ‘Rooster Teeth Digital Creators Program;’ Launching This Fall

Wet Leg have shared a brand new track called ‘Ur Mum’, which hears the Isle Of Wight duo take shots at an ex-boyfriend.The duo – Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers – will release their eagerly anticipated self-titled debut album on Friday (April 8), which they’ve previewed over the last year with the tracks ‘Chaise Longue’, ‘Wet Dream’, ‘Too Late Now’, ‘Oh No’ and ‘Angelica’.On ‘Ur Mum’, Wet Leg throw insults in the direction of an ex-boyfriend. “When I think about what you’ve become, I feel sorry for your mum,” Teasdale’s sings on the opening lines of the track.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeInstructional streamer Wondrium has ordered three seasons of “Wondrium Insights,” a new speaker series featuring guests including world champion boxer and Olympic gold medalist Sugar Ray Leonard, swimming legend and host Diana Nyad and singer/songwriter Mary Lambert.The series will be distributed globally on Wondrium later this year. According to the service, “Each speaker will present their personal stories and challenges giving viewers an intimate opportunity to learn and discover tools that can help with perseverance, resilience, and success.”Besides Leonard, Nyad and Lambert, the speakers also include former NBA player Jay Williams, social entrepreneur Shiza Shahid, astronaut/athlete/author Leland Melvin, former NFL linebacker Ryan Shazier, Las Vegas Raiders defensive tackle Solomon Thomas, STEM education innovator Knatokie Ford, mentor/entrepreneur Ivy McGregor, rock climber Kevin Jorgeson, science and technology journalist David Kushner, Flickr co-founder/venture capitalist Caterina Fake, AI artist/musician/storyteller Taryn Southern and clinical psychologist Dr.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorEpic Games raised $144 million total for organizations providing humanitarian aid to people affected by Russia’s attack on Ukraine, donating the proceeds that players of its battle-royale game “Fortnite” spent over a two-week period.Epic previously announced that “Fortnite” proceeds from March 20-April 3 would go toward Ukraine relief. Microsoft’s Xbox also joined the effort by donating net proceeds from all sales of “Fortnite” content on Microsoft Store during the time period.Epic said the money is going to five organizations: UNICEF; the U.N.’s World Food Programme; UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency; Direct Relief, a nongovernmental organization that says it has deployed nearly 200 tons of medical aid to Ukraine since the beginning of Russia’s war; and Chef José Andrés’ World Central Kitchen food-relief organization.

After a delay due to the pandemic, Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) is finally back on AMC on April 18 with seven episodes from its sixth and final season before a brief break and the final six episodes in this incredible series returning on July 11. While it would be nice to unpack what the brilliant writers of the best drama on television have planned for all 13 chapters of the final season in a pre-air review, only two episodes have been made available for press.

William Earl Variety Australia debuts today as a digital platform with live media events and print editions to come through a licensing agreement between Penske Media Corporation and The Brag Media.The launch of Variety Australia reflects the rapid growth of Australia as a player in the global media marketplace and as a force in pop culture. Variety Australia’s digital operation will offer a mix of local news and features for a business-to-business audience in Australia and New Zealand, along with a selection of global news and analysis from Variety curated for Australasian readers.Variety Australia marks the second international brand extension for Variety following the launch of Variety China in 2019.

Parents have been urged not to give their children certain types of Kinder Surprise Eggs this Easter due to possible health and safety concerns.

A major change to who gets fast-tracked access to Universal Credit comes into force from today, April 4. The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) is updating the rules to allow more people who are nearing the end of their life to have their payments fast-tracked.

When you think of Megan Fox ’s hair, her signature sleek and lengthy raven tresses probably come to mind, as she has very rarely changed up her look over the years. Until now, that is, as the star has just unveiled the addition of a blocky full fringe.

Marta Balaga Bowing in Canneseries official selection, six-episode miniseries “Infiniti” isn’t just for sci-fi aficionados, Empreinte Digitale producer Eric Laroche told Variety.Co-produced between France and Belgium, the latest Canal Plus offering – created by Stéphane Pannetier and Julien Vanlerenberghe – interweaves multiple storylines, moving from the International Space Station (ISS) that suddenly goes silent to an investigation in Kazakhstan, where a beheaded, wax-covered body is found by a local cop.Discouraged by his superiors, Isaak (Daniyar Alshinov) decides to solve the mystery, while French astronaut Anna Zarathi (Céline Sallette) pursues her dream of space travel.“Having more than one genre, especially in a TV series, is very interesting. But one of them still needs to form the skeleton of the show.

Annie Mac is launching a new club night called Before Midnight that will take place, well, you know, before midnight, so you can all be fast asleep in bed by 1am at the very very very latest.And while this was all formally announced on social media in among everyone’s April Fool posts on Friday morning, Mac’s new venture is no joke, and is based on the almost certainly accurate premise that there are people out there who like clubbing but who don’t particularly like the super late nights that many clubbing experiences involve.Explaining the rationale for Before Midnight, Mac said: “I know there’s an appetite for it because I’ve had so many messages from you who’ve grown up with me and listened to me on the radio every Friday night, who adore the clubbing experience but don’t want to wait until 1am to see me play, who need to be sharp and useful at the weekends and just can’t afford sleepless nights”.She added: “Before Midnight is a chance for me to play long DJ sets with all my favourite records, those ones that spark joy, and a chance for you to have all the fun, the euphoria and the wild abandon you need and STILL get a good night’s sleep”.The first edition of Before Midnight will take place at London’s Islington Assembly Hall on 20 May with Mac on the decks supported by Melle Brown.

Covid infection levels in the UK are reaching a record high which may lead to more people testing themselves if they experience any symptoms of the virus.

Ukraine’s president has urged Grammy musicians to “tell our story” as he made a suprise appearance via videolink at the Las Vegas awards ceremony. Volodymyr Zelensky, making a special appearance to introduce John Legend, told the star-studded audience: “War. What’s more opposite to music? “The silence of ruined cities and killed people.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky made a special virtual appearance at the 64th annual Grammy Awards, where he urged musicians to “tell our story” during a powerful speech. The Ukrainian leader delivered his message amid Russia’s ongoing attacks against his country. The message was recorded from a bunker in Kyiv.

BAFTA-nominated St. Trinian’s, Johnny English Reborn and An Ideal Husband director Oliver Parker has launched a production shingle with former Red Arrow Studios CEO James Baker and Metro International Partner Sam Parker, and the outfit is taking a packed slate to Mip TV.

Lateral Flow Tests are the quickest and easier way to test yourself for Covid-19 in the UK but the majority of universal free Covid testing was scrapped at the beginning of April.

Emiliano De Pablos Secuoya Studios, the ambitious Los Ángeles and Madrid-based film-TV production outfit, is joining forces with Sergio Pizzolante, a former HBO and Sony Pictures executive, to launch international sales operation Secuoya Studios Commercial & Distribution.Pizzolante will serve as the president and a minority shareholder of the new company, fruit of a partnership by Secuoya Studios with Pizzolante’s Miami-based indie content and talent agency Ctmobs.The initiative will act as a commercial arm for all the audiovisual projects at Secuoya, “aimed to achieve the integration of the studios’ contents at all of stages, from creation, production and post-production, to national and international distribution, taking in production services and tax incentives’ structuring and management, to compete at the highest level with a true value offer in a market in constant evolution,” Secuoya announced in a statement Monday. With headquarters in Miami and offices in México, Madrid and Los Ángeles, Secuoya Studios Commercial & Distribution looks like proving a key player in the studio’s strategic pillars.It will aim to prime strong pre-sales when license international distribution windows, creating pre-financing for productions with their own IPs.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentProminent Turkish sales company Global Agency, which brought milestone TV series “Magnificent Century” to the world, has more recently been scoring with formats, such as their singing talent show “Good Singers” that has been a primetime hit on TF1 in France.Now the Istanbul-based company is at MipTV with a new singing show called “Beat Me If You Can,” which is already a hit in Saudi Arabia where Saudi broadcaster SBC has just commissioned a second season.“When I established Global Agency 15 years ago we started with formats,” says Global Agency chief Izzet Pinto. During its first two years his company was actually just a format distributor.

Jon Batiste is one of the big winners of the night!

K-pop chart-toppers delivered a spectacular performance of their number one single Butter at the music awards in Las Vegas and it even featured a cameo from Olivia Rodrigo.The popular music band - which includes members J-Hope, V, Suga, Jimin, Jungkook and RM - have been celebrated by fans for their performance despite some members of the band tripping on stage.In a clip being shared on Twitter, J-Hope can be seen nearly tripping as he makes his way toward the stairs.The camera angle captures the K-pop star in full view before he manages to recover himself and continue on with the performance.Later in the set, member Jungkook ever-so-slightly slipped as he descended steps on the stage but was able to recover quickly like J-Hope.Fans flooded the group with plenty of support and praise on social media.One tweeted: "JK almost kinda trip too.. or soo I think but the performance was good enough and they were as always professional, they can handle it smoothly."Another wrote: "Anyone else catch this stumble during the BTS #GRAMMYs performance? He played it off well despite tripping!"A third wrote: "He's such a professional I thought he was picking something off the floor."It was all quite a spectacle for their performance as Jungkook made a dramatic entrance by flying in from the ceiling.The group also looked very dapper in an array of silver and shimmery black suits.As the boyband made their way on the red carpet, the group spoke about being Best Pop Duo/Group Performance category.RM told E! News about their mention: "You know, it's an award voted by the peers in the music industry, so that means even so much.

Lady Gaga did Tony Bennett proud, we’re sure.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a virtual appearance during the 2022 Grammy Awards. During a pre-taped appearance that aired on Sunday, Zelenskyy addressed the ongoing war with Russia, asking viewers for support in telling the story of Ukraine’s invasion by Russia. Zelenskyy likened the invasion to a deadly silence threatening to extinguish the dreams and lives of the Ukrainian people, including children.